Russia:   2,860,0001[1] Canada:   1,071,0601[2] USA:   890,0001[3] Brazil:   550,0001[4] Kazakhstan:   500,0001 Moldova:   450,0001 Poland:   300,0001 Belarus:   250,000 Slovakia:   200,0001 Argentina:   100,000 (est) Germany:   100,000 (est)   Slavs< ...

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• Ukrainians - History
• Ukrainians - Population
• Ukrainians - Religion
• Ukrainians - Online references
• Ukrainians - Notes

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Ukraine had a very turbulent history, a fact explained by its geographical position. Up to the fifteenth century, Ukrainians were part of the Old East Slavic stock which also gave rise to the Belarusians and Russians. However, long history of separation and foreign influences have perceptibly reshaped their ethnolinguistic identity splitting them from the rest of East Slavs. The history of independent statehood in Ukraine is started with the Cossacks. The Cossacks of Zaporizhia since the late fifteenth century controlled the lower ben ...

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Lemkos are remainder of Valachian and Ruthenian settlers who arrived to the area later inhabited by the Lemkos in 14th century. Following linguistic assimilation of Valachians their Romanian dialect was replaced by Ruthenian. However, Romanian dialects strongly influenced Slavic dialect of Lemkos. Also the material culture of Lemkos bears clear resemblance to the culture of the Romanian countryside. The area, part of Austria-Hungary until 1918, was the place where the Lemko Republic seceded from Austria-Hungary. It was renamed Lemko-Rusyn Republic (Ruska Lemkivska) later that year. After a transition period it was ...

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Chukotka Autonomous District (Russian: Чуко́тский автоно́мный о́круг, tr.: Chukotsky avtonomny okrug), or Chukotka (Чуко́тка), is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug) located in the Far Eastern Federal District. It is the farthest northeast region of Russia, on the shores of the Bering Sea. Chukotka has an area of 737,700 km² and a population of about 53,000 (according to 2002 census figures), and ju ...

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• Chukotka - Administrative divisions
• Chukotka - Districts
• Chukotka - Demographics

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Chişinău (IPA /ki.ʃi.'nəǔ/) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Moldova. It is also largest city of Moldova. Chişinău is considered one of the greenest cities in Europe. It is located in the center of the country, on the river Bîc. Economically, the city is by far the most prosperous in Moldova and is one of the main industrial centres and transportation hubs of the region. As the most important city in Moldova, Chişinău has a broad range of educational facilities. The city may also be considered to be the second largest Romanian ...

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• Chişinău - Geography and climate
• Chişinău - Geography
• Chişinău - Climate
• Chişinău - History
• Chişinău - Economy
• Chişinău - Transport
• Chişinău - Education
• Chişinău - Population
• Chişinău - Music and nightlife
• Chişinău - Name
• Chişinău - Notes

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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest war in human history. The war was fought between the Axis Powers and the Allies. The Axis initially consisted of an alliance between Germany and Italy, which later expanded to include Japan and Eastern European countries such as Romania and Bulgaria. Some of the nations that Germany conquered sent military forces, particularly to the Eastern front. Among the expeditionary ...

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• World War II - Causes
• World War II - Participants
• World War II - Chronology
• World War II - A debated starting date
• World War II - 1937: Second Sino-Japanese War
• World War II - 1939: War breaks out in Europe
• World War II - 1940: The war spreads
• World War II - 1941: The war becomes global
• World War II - 1942: Deadlock
• World War II - 1943: The war turns
• World War II - 1944: The beginning of the end
• World War II - 1945: The end of the war
• World War II - Resistance
• World War II - The Home fronts
• World War II - Technologies
• World War II - Civilian impact & atrocities
• World War II - Genocide
• World War II - Concentration camps labour camps and internment
• World War II - War crimes and attacks on civilians
• World War II - Aftermath
• World War II - Casualties
• World War II - A world in ruins
• World War II - United Nations
• World War II - The Cold War begins
• World War II - Main articles
• World War II - Media

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Bukovina (see the the list of alternative names for the name in different languages) is the territory on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains. It is currently split between Romania and Ukraine. Bukovina - Name. The name Bukovina came into official use in 1775 with the region's annexation to the Austrian Habsburg possessions, later known as the Austrian Empire, and Austria-Hungary. The name has a Slavic origin and is derived from the word for beech tree ...

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• Bukovina - Name
• Bukovina - History
• Bukovina - Demographic history
• Bukovina - Current population
• Bukovina - Cities and towns
• Bukovina - Northern Bukovina
• Bukovina - Southern Bukovina
• Bukovina - Sources and References

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Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia annexed by Russia in 1812. The remaining Moldavia united with Wallachia in 1859 in what would become the Kingdom of Romania. In 1918, Bessarabia declared its independence from Russia and at the end of World War I, it united with the Kingdom of Romania. USSR annexed Bessarabia in the beginning of World War II (see Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) and a ...

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• Bessarabia - Geography
• Bessarabia - History
• Bessarabia - Ancient times
• Bessarabia - The Age of the migrations
• Bessarabia - Principality of Moldavia
• Bessarabia - Part of Russia
• Bessarabia - Part of Romania
• Bessarabia - World War II
• Bessarabia - Part of the Soviet Union
• Bessarabia - Rise of the Independent Moldova
• Bessarabia - Population
• Bessarabia - Economy

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Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. Bologna - History. Bologna was founded by the Etruscans with the name Felsina (ca. 534 BC) in an area previously long inhabitated by the villanovians, a people of farmers and shepherds. The Etruscan city grew around a sanctuary built on a hill, and was surrounded by a necropolis. In the 4th century BC the city was conquered by the ...

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• Bologna - History
• Bologna - Overview
• Bologna - Transport
• Bologna - Demographics
• Bologna - Cuisine
• Bologna - The University
• Bologna - Famous residents

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 – Serbia    – Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    – Vojvodina  – Montenegro The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина/Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina, Hungarian: Vajdaság Autonóm Tartomány, Slovak: Autonómna Provincia Vojvodina, Romanian: Provincia Autonomă Voievodina, Croatian: Including:

• Vojvodina - Name
• Vojvodina - History
• Vojvodina - Geography
• Vojvodina - Districts
• Vojvodina - Cities
• Vojvodina - Demographics
• Vojvodina - Politics
• Vojvodina - Culture

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The Eastern Orthodox Church (encompassing national Orthodox jurisdictions such as Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, etc.—see Eastern Orthodox Church organization) is a body of Christians which claims origins extending directly back to Jesus and his Apostles through unbroken Apostolic Succession. Its doctrines were formalized through a series of church councils, the most authoritative being the Seven Ecumenical Councils held between the 4th and 8th centuries. These councils were convened out of the necessity to resolve conflicts that ...

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• Eastern Orthodox Church - Beliefs
• Eastern Orthodox Church - The Trinity
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Salvation
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Tradition
• Eastern Orthodox Church - The Bible
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Sin and redemption
• Eastern Orthodox Church - The Incarnation
• Eastern Orthodox Church - The Theotokos
• Eastern Orthodox Church - The Resurrection
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Saints relics and the deceased
• Eastern Orthodox Church - The Last Things
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Art and Architecture
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Church buildings
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Icons
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Traditions
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Chanting
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Incense
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Monasticism
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Fasting
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Almsgiving
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Baptism
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Chrismation
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Holy Communion
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Repentance
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Marriage
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Holy Orders
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Anointing with Holy Oil
• Eastern Orthodox Church - History
• Eastern Orthodox Church - The early Church
• Eastern Orthodox Church - The Roman/Byzantine Empire
• Eastern Orthodox Church - The Seven Ecumenical Councils
• Eastern Orthodox Church - The Great Schism
• Eastern Orthodox Church - Conversion of the Slavs
• Eastern Orthodox Church - The Church in North America
• Eastern Orthodox Church - The Church today

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The Waffen-SS ("Armed Protective Squadron") was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel. Headed by Heinrich Himmler who was ranked Reichsführer-SS (National Leader of the SS), the Waffen-SS saw action throughout the Second World War. After humble beginnings as a protection unit for the NSDAP leadership, the Waffen-SS eventually grew into a force of thirty-eight combat divisions comprising over 950,000 men, and including a number of elite units. In the Nuremberg Trials, the Waffen-SS was condemned as part of a criminal organisation ...

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• Waffen-SS - Early history; LSSAH SS-VT
• Waffen-SS - Concept training
• Waffen-SS - Trial by fire
• Waffen-SS - Classic SS divisions
• Waffen-SS - Foreign volunteers and conscripts
• Waffen-SS - War crimes and atrocities

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The Republic of Dagestan (Russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н), older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). The direct transliteration of the republic's name is Respublika Dagestan. It is the largest republic of Russia in the northern Caucasus, both in area and population. The word Daghestan or Daghstan is Turkic for country of mountains. The spelling Dagestan is a transliteration of the Russian name and is rather modern. - total - ...

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• Dagestan - Time zone
• Dagestan - Rivers
• Dagestan - Lakes
• Dagestan - Mountains
• Dagestan - Natural resources
• Dagestan - Climate
• Dagestan - Administrative divisions
• Dagestan - Demographics
• Dagestan - Ethnic groups
• Dagestan - History
• Dagestan - Politics
• Dagestan - Economy
• Dagestan - Religion

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The Czech Republic (Czech: Česká republika) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country has borders with Poland to the north, Germany to the northwest and west, Austria to the south, and Slovakia to the east. Historic Prague (Czech: Praha), a major tourist attraction, is its capital and largest city. Other major cities include Brno, Ostrava, Zlín, Plzeň, Pardubice, Hradec Králové, České Budějovice, Liberec, Olomouc, and Ústí nad Labem. The country is composed of two older regions, Bohemia and Moravia, and part of a third one, Silesia. As of May ...

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• Czech Republic - History
• Czech Republic - Politics
• Czech Republic - Regions
• Czech Republic - Geography
• Czech Republic - Economy
• Czech Republic - Demographics
• Czech Republic - Culture
• Czech Republic - International rankings
• Czech Republic - Miscellaneous topics
• Czech Republic - Reference

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Belarusian: Workers of the world, unite! The Byelorussian SSR (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic; Russian Белору́сская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика, Belarusian Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка) was one of the four original founding members of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1922, together with Ukrainian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian SFSR. The republic was in the west part of the USSR and its capital was Mins ...

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• Byelorussian SSR - History

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Ukrainian (украї́нська мо́ва, ukrayins'ka mova, [ukraˈjinsʲka ˈmɔva]) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Ukrainian uses a Cyrillic alphabet. It shares some vocabulary with the languages of the neighboring Slavic nations, most notably with Belarusian, Polish, Russian and Slovakian. Ukrainian traces its origins to the Old East Slavic language of the ancient state of ...

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• Ukrainian language - History
• Ukrainian language - Perspective
• Ukrainian language - Origin
• Ukrainian language - Ancient history
• Ukrainian language - Kievan Rus' and Halych-Volhynia
• Ukrainian language - Post-independence: Lithuania/Poland Muscovy/Russia and Austro-Hungary
• Ukrainian language - Soviet era
• Ukrainian language - Independence in the modern era
• Ukrainian language - History of Ukrainian literature
• Ukrainian language - Current usage
• Ukrainian language - Dialects of Ukrainian
• Ukrainian language - Ukrainophone population
• Ukrainian language - Language structure
• Ukrainian language - Comparative grammar
• Ukrainian language - Phonetics
• Ukrainian language - Alphabet

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Racial segregation is a kind of formalized or institutionalized discrimination on the basis of race. It is characterized by the races' separation from each other when both are doing equal tasks, such as eating in a restaurant. However, segregation often allows close contact in hierarchical situations, such as when a person of one race is working as a servant for the member of another race. Segregation can involve spatial separation of the races, and/or the use of different institutions, such as schools by different races. See also: ra ...

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• Racial segregation - Nazi Germany
• Racial segregation - USA
• Racial segregation - South Africa
• Racial segregation - Rhodesia
• Racial segregation - Arab world
• Racial segregation - Fiji
• Racial segregation - Related issues
• Racial segregation - White separatism
• Racial segregation - Sociological Research Behind Brown v. Board
• Racial segregation - Black separatism
• Racial segregation - Latino separatism

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The Crimean Khanate (Khanate of Crimea; Crimean Tatar: Qırım Hanlığı; Russian: Крымское ханство [Krymskoe khanstvo]; Ukrainian: Кримський ханат [Krymskyj chanat]; Turkish: Kırım Hanlığı) was a Crimean Tatar state from 1441 to 1783. It was by far the longest-lived of Turkic khanates succeeding to the Golden Horde Empire. Crimean Khanate - Early rulers. The Crimean Khanate was founded when certain clans of the Golden Horde Empire, cease ...

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• Crimean Khanate - Political and Economic System
• Crimean Khanate - Golden Age
• Crimean Khanate - Decline

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Vodka is a typically colorless liquor, usually distilled from fermented grain. It is commonly thought that the term is a diminutive of the Slavic word "voda" (woda, вода) for "water." Except for insignificant amounts of flavorings, vodka consists of water and alcohol (ethanol). Vodka usually has an alcohol content ranging from 35 percent to 60 percent by volume. The classic Russian vodka is 40 percent (80 degrees proof), the number being attributed to the famous Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev. According to the Vodka Museu ...

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• Vodka - History
• Vodka - Vodka production
• Vodka - Differences in taste between brands
• Vodka - Sources
• Vodka - Vodka and politics

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The Schutzstaffel ▶ (help·info) ("defense squadron"), or SS, was a large paramilitary organization that was a principal component of the Nazi party. The SS was led by Heinrich Himmler from 1929 until it was disbanded in 1945 with the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The Nazis regarded the SS as an elite unit, the Party's "praetorian guard", with all SS personnel selected on racial and ideological grounds. The SS was distinguished from the ...

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• Schutzstaffel - History
• Schutzstaffel - Origins
• Schutzstaffel - Development
• Schutzstaffel - Fall of the SS
• Schutzstaffel - Postwar activity
• Schutzstaffel - SS leaders
• Schutzstaffel - The SS before World War II
• Schutzstaffel - 1925–1928
• Schutzstaffel - 1929–1931
• Schutzstaffel - 1931–1933
• Schutzstaffel - 1933–1934
• Schutzstaffel - 1934–1936
• Schutzstaffel - 1936–1939
• Schutzstaffel - Austrian SS
• Schutzstaffel - The SS during World War II
• Schutzstaffel - SS and Police Leaders
• Schutzstaffel - Headquarters offices
• Schutzstaffel - General SS
• Schutzstaffel - Waffen-SS
• Schutzstaffel - Concentration camp service
• Schutzstaffel - Special action groups
• Schutzstaffel - Order Police
• Schutzstaffel - SS Medical Corps
• Schutzstaffel - SS and police courts
• Schutzstaffel - Helferin Corps
• Schutzstaffel - Future visions

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